Thunderbird Club

[GonePlaid]

That's the equal but opposite reaction when the bridge inserts fly out. Kind of like having explosive diarrhea and vomiting at the same time.

Yup. They meet in mid-air like hands clapping.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Well another one of your posts/pics that can't be unseen. You most certainly seem to have an exceptional proficiency in this area. You sir, have no peers.

Sure he does. That was a photo of one!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Yup. They meet in mid-air like hands clapping.

Or on your head, one slapping each side of your face for violating the first rule of Gibson/Epiphone Three Point Bridge Setup Club.

 

[GonePlaid]

Or on your head, one slapping each side of your face for violating the first rule of Gibson/Epiphone Three Point Bridge Setup Club.

Thankfully, my 67 NR has a 2 piece.

 

[Count Bassie]

Yup. They meet in mid-air like hands clapping.

Or on your head, one slapping each side of your face for violating the first rule of Gibson/Epiphone Three Point Bridge Setup Club.

I won't let you ruffians tarnish my elegant and somewhat quaint 3-pt, tailor-made for my bass, pot-metal bridge.
I won't.
I won't.
I won't...

 

[Count Bassie]

easy. PM me.

Lol, sorry, j/k... I've been thinking about this hpf business, am squirreling away bread for such a pedal. But I'm always looking for a way to cheap out!
I'm going to stick with ther plan I think, but it's an intriguing idea, a cable with a built in hpf.

 

[Mvf]

I think it's an EB-3 with an EB-0 TRC. 2 holes for pups but also too many holes in the body, including one for the 4* position switch by the PG. edit-through the PG.

* the older ones had 4 positions-which I never did figure out-like my 66. My 00's Epi had a 3 position switch: neck, both, bridge.

Addendum: 1-neck, 2-bridge, 3-?, 4-??

In my stock 66 EB-3 pos. 1 is the neck with choke, 2=bridge, 3=neck+bridge with choke, 4=neck without choke.
Pos. 1-3 all sound rather thin, 4 is the mudbucker in all it's glory. I found that putting the 4-position switch "in between" positions 2 and 3 somehow bypasses the choke and gives a much more bassy sound. This is my normal position when I play this bass.

 

[fasterpussycat]

@PillO -- how does the Hipshot sit on the Casady? Do you have any photos? (with or without melons, either is good)

 

[PillO]

For an equilibrium condition, the forces have to zero out. The short ends are consequential in that regard. The vertical forces have to add to zero, which means that the break angle isn't an issue as far as the inserts pulling out. It's a moment arm. The downward force on the front insert has to be equal to the upward force on the rear inserts. The break angle has more to do with string behavior than whether the inserts pull out. All things being equal, of course. And of course, they have to be. It's euclidean physics. Ask PillO. I'm sure he will tell you.

Don't ask PillO. I didn't like doing vector math when I learned it and that never changed. And, probably not coincidentally, I haven't done it in years. Surely we have a mechanical engineer around here who would be happy to do that math. An electrical engineer could probably do it too. Maybe even a civil engineer.

 

[PillO]

@PillO -- how does the Hipshot sit on the Casady? Do you have any photos? (with or without melons, either is good)

I'll post some pictures later in the day. Without watermelons.

 

[Count Bassie]

I'll post some pictures later in the day. Without watermelons.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

Increasing the angle across the bridge increases the force pulling the rear posts up.

Well I never said that I did well in physics I did read SOMEWHERE that you were supposed to keep the front post a bit higher than the 2 rear posts to keep them from pulling out.

 

[Glenn Johnson]

Giving this a little more thought (far more than it deserves), I think my mental back of the envelope calculations were too simplistic. I failed to account for the fulcrum at the front bolt. I was thinking only of the string break over the saddles. To better analyze the dynamics, I think I need to draw a diagram (and I am not going to do that). But I will say that the quick and dirty mental math I did is probably close to reality; close enough for the discussions here.

Any mechanical engineers here can put their degree(s) to some use and do the actual calculations. Because what else are you going to do? Practice?

What would Einstein do in this STRESSFUL situation?

 

[Glenn Johnson]

That song is a whole lot of fun to play. And I don't even like playing Beatles songs all that much for the most part.

My 3 favorites to play are A Day in the Life, The End and Something. Why don't you enjoy playing Beatles tunes might I ask?

 

[Count Bassie]

What would Einstein do in this STRESSFUL situation?

Re-tie his shoes?

 

[GonePlaid]

Re-tie his shoes?

Since he's a long-time , prolly nothing.

 

[JIO]

My 3 favorites to play are A Day in the Life, The End and Something. Why don't you enjoy playing Beatles tunes might I ask?

We play "I'm So Tired", played "When I'm 64", (for my 64th BD gig) and are learning "Hey Bulldog". Hard to go wrong with a Beatles song in the set.

 

[JIO]

Don't ask PillO. I didn't like doing vector math when I learned it and that never changed. And, probably not coincidentally, I haven't done it in years. Surely we have a mechanical engineer around here who would be happy to do that math. An electrical engineer could probably do it too. Maybe even a civil engineer.

and don't call me Shirley...

 

[PillO]

What would Einstein do in this STRESSFUL situation?

What would Einstein have done?
1. It is plain old Newtonian physics. Einstein's time is far better used thinking about relativity. Give this to some grad student to solve.
2. Rock out on his THUNDERBIRD while contemplating the arrow of time.

 

[matzingerz]

So does anyone know what bridges have saddles that move further away from the nut than the originals Epiphone VP and can be mounted onto the Bass via the 2 existing holes/screws the original bridge is on?